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Griffinkeeler OP t1_je3qydz wrote

Reply to comment by OneNoteToRead in Eli5: What is a game engine and how does it work? by Griffinkeeler

What’s the big deal behind unreal engine then?

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OneNoteToRead t1_je3rpr4 wrote

It’s a popular game engine developed by Epic. Lots of AAA games use it as it’s quite sophisticated and powerful. It has a lot of features and incredible realism out of box; it’s capable of close to state of the art photo realism.

But if you play enough of these AAA games you’ll begin to notice the similarities in Unreal based games.

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GalFisk t1_je3vd7z wrote

Both Unreal and Unity (another popular game engine) are free to hobbyists and tinkerers, meaning anyone can play around with them.

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